Clack, Basil Alfred
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Basil Alfred |
Surname | Clack |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sidney Alfred Lawrence Clack and Frances Kate Clack, of Whiteman's Green, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ME783 |
Markings | QR-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 2. E. 14-15. |
Epitaph | THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY |
Ribbon Stone | 1113 (Block 102, Column 22, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 20 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 152041 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of F/O Basil Clack 152041 61 Sqn |
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/579/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/579/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-06-1944 |
End Date | 16-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (25% moon) |
Operation | Chatellerault |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 2017hrs. For unknown reason aircraft failed to return. Two different sources have the aircraft shot down or hit by bombs being dropped from above. |